Wartime Bombing Decoys in Wales
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Wartime Bombing Decoys in Wales
Author:Ivor Jones
Language:English
Format:Softcover
Dimensions:6.25" x 9.25"
Pages:224
Photos:270 black and white photographs
Publisher:Fonthill Media
ISBN:9781781552339
Item No. 9781781552339
Ivor Jones' new book vividly describes the cunning nighttime decoys which saved Cardiff, and indeed Wales itself, from German bombings during the Second World War. By distorting what the German bombers could see from the air, the Ministry of Home Security was successful in averting hundreds and thousands of bombs from residential areas of the country. False 'lights' were created to mislead German bombers in search of targets; during the blackout, the ministry placed these lights in open countryside, or around the coast. Superbly illustrated with photographs and maps, this is a fascinating insight into a previously overlooked aspect of the Second World War.